Pro-open border, pardon-happy governor is a goner…
Mike Huckabee has a long history of letting violent criminals out ofprison because It’s The Christian Thing To Do, and, according toHuckabee, many of those he gave clemency to were victims of a “racist”justice system in Arkansas. That’s his excuse for setting free MauriceClemmons, who just murdered four police officers. Plus, Clemmons had“come to Christ”, so what choice did Reverend Huckabee have?
As governor of Arkansas, he handed out twice as many pardons and commutations as his three predecessors combined. (And one of those predecessors was Bill Clinton.) Huckabee’s clemencies in Arkansas also totaled more than those granted in the six surrounding states combined.He did this over strong objections from prosecutors in Arkansas, whooften opposed his leniency. Huckabee preferred taking the word of hisfellow preachers over listening to prosecutors about how much dangerthese convicts presented to the community. At least five people have been murdered by people that Mike Huckabeegave “a second chance” to, including four police officers this pastweekend, gunned down in cold blood as they sat in a coffee shop. That’sbad enough. What’s even worse is that Huckabee (with the help of BillO’Reilly), is lying and spinning his pardon of multiple cop killerMaurice Clemmons as something he had little to do with.
But here’s the final nail in the coffin of “Reverend” Huckabee’spresidential aspirations. In 2004, Saline County prosecutor RobertHerzfeld wrote a letterto the then governor and told him he was letting too many criminals gowithout giving it much thought, that he was refusing to even askprosecutors for input on these decisions, and that his whole approachto clemency was “fatally flawed.” Huckabee’s Deputy Legal Counsel andAdviser on Criminal Justice replied to Herzfeld. His letter was three lines long. Here it is:
The governor read your letter and laughed out loud.
He wanted me to respond to you. I wish you success as you cut down on your caffeine consumption.
Wow.
Mike Huckabee “laughed out loud” at a prosecutor telling him that hewas releasing far too many dangerous criminals. He knew better. Hedidn’t have to listen to those racist prosecutors, because Jesus tellshim what to do, and Jesus isn’t a racist. And that crack about cuttingdown on caffeine consumption is going to rub a whole lot of people thewrong way, too, after the guy Huckabee let loose on society mowed downfour police officers – in a coffee shop.
I’m sure Mike Huckabee will spin this, too, and probably claim that his aide just made that letter up without consulting him. Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity will no doubt give him a helping hand. But it’s too late. The word is out,and Huckabee will never sit in the White House, thank God. He’s goingto be a private citizen for the rest of his life. He’ll have plenty offree time to commune with Jesus about all the horrible racism inAmerica.